@ProfZBuck
Joined December 2018
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Professor Zack Buck spoke to @NewYorker magazine about the shortcomings of the U.S. hospice movement and how it has become an industry rife with fraud and exploitation. @ProfZBuck newyorker.com/magazine/2022/…

How Hospice Became a For-Profit Hustle

It began as a visionary notion—that patients could die with dignity at home. Now it’s a twenty-two-billion-dollar industry plagued by exploitation.

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Congratulations to our graduates! At 90.91% for first-time takers, we have the #1 bar passage rate among Tennessee law schools for the July 2022 Tennessee Bar Exam.
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The coverage continued this morning on @MorningEdition with @ProfLWiley contributing further insight on the future stakes and legal vaccum left if the decision goes unappealed. npr.org/2022/04/20/109369806…

News brief: mask mandate ruling, student loan help, French presidential runoff

The Justice Department might appeal the mask ruling if the CDC says they're still needed. Student loan borrowers will get help after an NPR report. France's presidential campaign is in its final days.

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James G Hodge Jr@jghodgejr20 Apr 2022
Excellent coverage @NPR on the travesty of injustice rendered by the fed dist court in Florida on Monday that altered national public health prevention efforts - with keen analyses by @efusebrown and my own contributions.
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After a hard-fought race, the faculty team beat the student team in the Knoxville Marathon today! The real prize was that these incredible faculty and students were able to raise money for the TAPIL and Kolwyck fellowships.
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A thoughtful review for @IReadJotwell by @ProfZBuck of @JakeElberg's recent @WashLawReview article analyzing DOJ's corporate health care fraud enforcement.
Jotwell@IReadJotwell24 Mar 2022
Zack Buck, An Unapologetically Inconsistent Enforcement Regime health.jotwell.com/an-unapol… reviewing Jacob Elberg, Health Care Fraud Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry, 96 Wash. L. Rev. 371 (2021).
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Great insights in this CNN story from @ProfZBuck about what could be coming next for health care law. @ProfZBuck cnn.com/2022/01/28/politics/…

Judge notorious for anti-Obamacare rulings has another crack | CNN Politics

Friday, Biden’s Justice Department will join the administrations of his predecessors to oppose the attack against the Affordable Care Act

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Lonnie T. Brown Jr. has been named the next dean of the @UTKLaw. His first day on Rocky Top will be July 1. Special thanks to Doug Blaze for his service as interim dean! news.utk.edu/2022/01/19/lonn…
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As states start their 2022 legislative sessions, they should check out these 4 state models to protect people from medical debts. The federal gov't should pay attention, too. ja.ma/3folvI1 via @JAMA_current with @ProfCRobertson and Mark Rukavina of @CommCatHealth
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🚨 New Paper🚨 "Hospital Lawsuits Over Unpaid Bills Increased By 37 Percent In Wisconsin From 2001 To 2018" out today in @health_affairs Coauthored with @ZackCooperYale and James Han (a @yale undergrad) Link: healthaffairs.org/doi/full/1…

Hospital Lawsuits Over Unpaid Bills Increased By 37 Percent In Wisconsin From 2001 To 2018 | Health...

We analyzed Wisconsin court records from the period 2001–18 to document trends in hospital lawsuits to recover patients’ unpaid medical bills. These lawsuits increased 37 percent during this period,...

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Are #MaskMandates still required in TN schools? Are #VaccineMandates for health care & other workers legal? Do state laws trump federal laws? Tune into #HealthConnections 11/30 550 & 750 am & 550 pm on @WUOTFM for answers to these and other questions. @ProfZBuck @utknursing
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It’s out! Our focus: surprise bills are not just an exploitive use of the chargemaster. They violate a physician’s duty to obtain informed consent—which includes consent to pay—from patients. nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…

The No Surprises Act and Informed Financial Consent | NEJM

The No Surprises Act requires out-of-network providers to obtain explicit, informed consent regarding a patient’s payments stemming from a planned episode of care. This policy could not only help s...

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Great Perspective by @BarakRichman, Mark Hall, and @kevin_schulman on how the transparency and consent features of the No Surprises Act could "meaningfully nudge" health care towards informed financial consent. nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…

The No Surprises Act and Informed Financial Consent | NEJM

The No Surprises Act requires out-of-network providers to obtain explicit, informed consent regarding a patient’s payments stemming from a planned episode of care. This policy could not only help s...

nejm.org
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Next up on #HealthConnections @WUOTFM 9/7: Public Health in Crisis, a discussion with @ProfZBuck @UTKLaw. Issues we discuss #ChronicUnderFunding #WorkForceProblems #PoliticizingPublicHealth @utknursing @ckeuper
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!! On appeal, Missouri Medicaid expansion gets greenlight to go forward. A recap of what got us here: -MO passed a ballot initiative to expand -The legislature refused to enact it -A court upheld the legislature's decision -A higher court has now overturned the lower court
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The non-profit R.I.P. Medical Debt is buying the outstanding medical debts of 82,000 low-income patients at Ballad Health. As I reported last year, Ballad has historically sued thousands annually/garnished wages to recoup outstanding bills. wsj.com/articles/medical-deb…

WSJ News Exclusive | Medical-Debt Charity to Buy, Wipe Out $278 Million of Patients’ Hospital Bills

A national charity will for the first time buy medical debt directly from hospitals, speeding financial relief to 82,000 low-income patients—many of whom shouldn’t have been billed at all.

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NEW: What happened to the public option? Biden has de-prioritized it and progressives aren’t fired up about the issue like they were in the Obama era, having turned to other paths to universal health care. Its prospects? Not so good. w/ @BenjySarlin 👇 nbcnews.com/politics/joe-bid…

The health insurance public option might be fizzling. The left is OK with that.

Biden left it out of his budget. The left is focused on other ideas, like expanding Medicare. And the health care industry is dead set against it.

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Such a good post from @ProfZBuck - while it's hard to decry American Rescue Plan's additional subsidies, it may be a stumbling block rather than stepping stone to systemic reform. cc @mjblawrence @ProfLWiley @Liz_McCuskey
Zack Buck@ProfZBuck13 May 2021
What do President Biden’s early moves tell us about his health insurance and financing priorities? Excited to participate in this great project with @PetrieFlom @chloereichel @efusebrown #bidenhealthpolicy
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It's like the 12 days of Christmas or the 8 days of Hanukkah for #BidenHealthPolicy - each day a new fantastic post, including: @lsepper @valblakewvulaw @Liz_McCuskey @christina_s_ho @ProfWEpstein @ProfZBuck @johnjacobi6 @nhuberfeld1 @JACoganJr @Dschwarcz @profjaimeking
Petrie-Flom Center@PetrieFlom3 May 2021
Check out our latest digital symposium, "Recommendations for a Biden/Harris Health Policy Agenda," guest edited by @efusebrown. Her introduction previews what's to come — a new post will go live each week day. blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.… #BidenHealthPolicy
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Second analysis shows that people in their late 60's (on Medicare) actually have substantially *lower* health spending than people in their early 60's (on employer coverage), despite the fact that health care use increases with age. Why? It's the prices. kff.org/medicare/issue-brief…

Health Spending for 60-64 Year Olds Would Be Lower Under Medicare Than Under Large Employer Plans |...

During the presidential campaign, President Biden proposed to lower the age of Medicare eligibility from 65 to 60. This analysis uses claims data for covered medical services from both large employer...

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Join @UTKLaw's Student Wellness Committee today at noon as they welcome Professor Elyn Saks for a discussion on mental health law. calendar.utk.edu/event/stude…
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